The 2014–15 ACB season was the 32nd season of the Spanish basketball league, also called Liga Endesa in its sponsored identity. The regular season started on 4 October 2014 and finished on 24 May 2015. The playoffs, joined by the eight first qualified teams, was played between 28 May and 24 June 2015.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2013–14 season and two promoted from the 2013–14 LEB Oro. Bilbao Basket was initially excluded from the league but on 8 August, the ACB was forced to re-admit Bilbao. Teams promoted from LEB Oro MoraBanc Andorra Ford Burgos (did not fulfill the requirements, its place was offered La Bruixa d'Or Manresa)
Venues and locations
TeamHome cityArena Capacity Baloncesto Sevilla Sevilla San Pablo CAI Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Dominion Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena FC Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana FIATC Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports Gipuzkoa Basket San Sebastián San Sebastián Arena Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín La Bruixa d'Or Manresa Manresa Nou Congost Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena Montakit Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella Poliesportiu d'Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Madrid Barclaycard Center Real Madrid Madrid Barclaycard Center Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBaloncesto Sevilla Luis Casimiro Ondřej Balvín Spalding CAI Zaragoza Joaquín Ruiz Lorente Henk Norel Mercury Caja InmaculadaDominion Bilbao Basket Sito Alonso Álex Mumbrú Kon DominionFC Barcelona Xavi Pascual Juan Carlos Navarro Nike FIATC Joventut Salva Maldonado Nacho Llovet Spalding FIATCGipuzkoa Basket Jaume Ponsarnau David Doblas Elements Herbalife Gran Canaria Aíto García Reneses Tomás Bellas Spalding HerbalifeIberostar Tenerife Alejandro Martínez Jaime Heras Austral IberostarLa Bruixa d'Or Manresa Pedro Martínez Álex Hernández Joma La Bruixa d'OrLaboral Kutxa Baskonia Ibon Navarro Fernando San Emeterio Hummel Laboral KutxaMontakit Fuenlabrada Jesús Sala Javier Vega Luanvi MontakitMoraBanc Andorra Joan Peñarroya Marc Blanch Luanvi MoraBancMovistar Estudiantes Txus Vidorreta Jaime Fernández Joma MovistarReal Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas Teka Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Alberto Corbacho Vive Rio Natura, MonbusUCAM Murcia Diego Ocampo José Ángel Antelo Spalding UCAM Unicaja Joan Plaza Fran Vázquez Spalding Unicaja, Benahavís Valencia Basket Carles Duran Rafa Martínez Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo
Notes 1. ACB did not process the license of Scott Roth, head coach of Sevilla until January 2015, but he managed the team with the license of Audie Norris, who appeared officially as head coach. 2. Cultura del Esfuerzo is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment La Bruixa d'Or Manresa Pere Romero End of contract Pre-season Pedro Martínez 2 August 2014 Gipuzkoa Basket Sito Alonso Resigned 2 June 2014 Jaume Ponsarnau 22 July 2014 Herbalife Gran Canaria Pedro Martínez End of contract 10 June 2014 Aíto García Reneses 16 July 2014 Bilbao Basket Rafa Pueyo End of contract 12 June 2014 Sito Alonso 17 June 2014 UCAM Murcia Marcelo Nicola End of contract 19 June 2014 Diego Ocampo 1 July 2014 Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Sergio Scariolo Sacked 26 June 2014 Marco Crespi 7 August 2014 Baloncesto Sevilla Aíto García Reneses Resigned 7 July 2014 Scott Roth 29 July 2014 CAI Zaragoza José Luis Abós Resigned 4 August 2014 Joaquín Ruiz Lorente 4 August 2014 Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Marco Crespi Sacked 13 November 2014 12th (2–4) Ibon Navarro 13 November 2014 Montakit Fuenlabrada Luis Casimiro Sacked 6 January 2015 17th (3–12) Hugo López 8 January 2015 Valencia Basket Velimir Perasović Sacked 22 January 2015 6th (10–7) Carles Duran 22 January 2015 Baloncesto Sevilla Scott Roth Sacked 22 January 2015 18th (3–14) Luis Casimiro 30 January 2015 Montakit Fuenlabrada Hugo López Mutual consent 6 April 2015 18th (6–21) Jesús Sala 6 April 2015
Season summary
Bilbao Basket v Laboral Kutxa Baskonia brawl On March 1, 2015, the Basque basketball derby between Bilbao Basket and Laboral Kutxa Baskonia at Bilbao Arena finished with a brawl where Dejan Todorović of Bilbao and Tornike Shengelia of Baskonia were disqualified and twelve players were ejected due to court invasion during the fight.
With four seconds left, despite the referee's call for a travelling, Todorović was going to dunk when he was hit by Shengelia. After this, the Montenegrin player pushed Shengelia from behind and the Georgian forward reacted with a punch. After this, all the players who were on the bench came into the court and started the brawl. When Shengelia was leaving the court after the disqualifying foul, he apologized to a child who was in the first row of the arena.
The ACB announced this brawl would have severe consequences and sanctions and would talk with the Spanish Basketball Federation for changing the disciplinary regulations. On March 5, the league provisionally suspended Todorović and Shengelia until the final resolution of the case.
After knowing the notice, both clubs claimed to have the same sanctions than in 2004, when the brawl Real Madrid and Estudiantes occurred. Finally, on March 11, the Disciplinary Judge accorded to suspend Tornike Shengelia for five games, Dejan Todorović for four and a €3,000 fine to Bilbao Basket player Dairis Bertāns and to Baskonia brothers Mamadou and Ilimane Diop.
Regular season
League table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. Team \ Round1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Real Madrid 6 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1FC Barcelona 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2Unicaja 5 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3Dominion Bilbao Basket 3 4 4 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4Valencia Basket 12 7 6 4 6 5 5 9 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 5 4 5 4 5 5Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 17 16 15 12 11 12 10 11 11 11 11 11 9 11 10 11 9 9 9 7 7 8 8 6 6 5 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 6FIATC Joventut 9 6 8 9 10 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 7Herbalife Gran Canaria 13 11 13 15 14 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8CAI Zaragoza 10 12 11 10 9 9 6 5 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 9 9 9 9UCAM Murcia 8 5 9 5 7 6 9 6 9 10 9 8 8 10 9 10 11 11 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 11 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10Iberostar Tenerife 7 10 7 8 5 8 11 8 10 8 10 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 10 10 10 8 10 11 11 11Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro 1 9 5 6 8 10 8 10 6 9 7 10 12 9 11 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12Movistar Estudiantes 4 8 10 11 12 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 14 14 15 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 13MoraBanc Andorra 14 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 17 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 13 14 14 14Baloncesto Sevilla 11 17 17 18 18 18 15 15 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 15 16 18 17 16 17 16 16 16 15 16 15 15 15La Bruixa d'Or Manresa 18 18 18 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 18 18 17 18 17 16 17 17 17 18 17 17 17 16Gipuzkoa Basket 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 16 15 15 15 16 15 15 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 15 16 16 17Montakit Fuenlabrada 16 14 14 14 15 15 16 17 17 17 17 15 16 17 17 16 17 17 17 18 16 17 15 16 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18
Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Attendances Attendances include playoff games:
Statistics Points
Rebounds
Assists
Performance Index Rating
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Season highs Category Player Club Points Maxi Kleber Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Rebounds Walter Tavares Herbalife Gran Canaria Assists Javi Salgado Movistar Estudiantes Steals Fabien Causeur Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Blocks Sitapha Savané FIATC Joventut
Awards All official awards of the 2014–15 ACB season.
MVP Felipe Reyes (Real Madrid)
Finals MVP Sergio Llull (Real Madrid)
All-ACB Team
PositionPlayerTeamPG Jayson Granger UnicajaSG Sergio Llull Real MadridSF Pau Ribas Valencia BasketPF Felipe Reyes Real MadridC Marko Todorović Dominion Bilbao Basket
Best Young Player Award Dani Díez – Gipuzkoa Basket
Best All-Young Team PositionPlayerTeamG Guillem Vives Valencia BasketF Álex Abrines FC BarcelonaF Dani Díez Gipuzkoa BasketC Kristaps Porziņģis Baloncesto SevillaC Willy Hernangómez Baloncesto Sevilla
Player of the week Since this season, only players whose team wins are eligible for this award. Date Player Team PIR 1 Augusto Lima UCAM Murcia 31 2 Marko Todorović Bilbao Basket 31 3 Thomas Schreiner Fran Vázquez MoraBanc AndorraUnicaja 25 4 Željko Šakić La Bruixa d'Or Manresa 35 5 Dāvis Bertāns Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 28 6 Eulis Báez Felipe Reyes Herbalife Gran CanariaReal Madrid 29 7 Maciej Lampe FC Barcelona 31 8 Marko Todorović (2) Ante Tomić Bilbao BasketFC Barcelona 28 9 Álex Abrines Fabien Causeur FC BarcelonaLaboral Kutxa Baskonia 27 10 Willy Hernangómez Baloncesto Sevilla 43 11 Tibor Pleiß FC Barcelona 29 12 Andy Panko Montakit Fuenlabrada 36 13 Fernando San Emeterio Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 24 14 Jayson Granger Unicaja 35 15 Quino Colom Bilbao Basket 26 16 Jeleel Akindele Montakit Fuenlabrada 32 17 Colton Iverson Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 29 18 Marko Todorović (3)Bilbao Basket 28 19 Mario Hezonja FC Barcelona 29 20 Dani Díez Gipuzkoa Basket 36 21 Andy Panko (2)Montakit Fuenlabrada 33 22 Rudy Fernández Vojdan Stojanovski Real MadridMoraBanc Andorra 26 23 Jeleel Akindele (2) Montakit Fuenlabrada 35 24 Felipe Reyes (2) Real Madrid 31 25 Maxi Kleber Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro 45 26 Fernando San Emeterio (2)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 30 27 Pau Ribas Valencia Basket 26 28 Fabien Causeur (2)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 32 29 Pau Ribas (2) Valencia Basket 30 30 Luka Bogdanović Goran SutonMoraBanc Andorra FIATC Joventut 30 31 Marko Todorović (4)Dominion Bilbao Basket 27 32 Adam Waczyński Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro 30 33 Eulis Báez (2)Herbalife Gran Canaria 29 34 Augusto Lima (2) Kim TillieUCAM MurciaLaboral Kutxa Baskonia 31
Player of the month The players with more PIR per game in the month wins this award. MonthWeekPlayerTeamPIROctober1–4 Blagota SekulićIberostar Tenerife22.4November5–9 Felipe ReyesReal Madrid19.6December10–14 Andy PankoMontakit Fuenlabrada24.6January15–18 Jeleel AkindeleMontakit Fuenlabrada23February19–21 Andy Panko (2)Montakit Fuenlabrada23.3March22–26 Marko TodorovićDominion Bilbao Basket20.6April27–30 Andy Panko (3)Montakit Fuenlabrada23.3May31–34 Marko Todorović (2)Dominion Bilbao Basket22.0
References
External links ACB.com